Acknowledged as one of the finest universities in the
world (ranked 18th by Times
of London ranking of the world's 200 best universities, 2004), NUS is a
comprehensive university offering a broad-based curriculum underscored by multi-disciplinary
courses and cross-faculty enrichment. NUS has 13 faculties, with an enrolment
of more than 23,000 undergraduate and 8,000 graduate students. [more
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Financial Aid
(Scholarships, Tuition fees, Loans/Bursaries and estimated monthly expenses
for undergraduates) - Getting undergraduate scholarship is not easy (unlike
the graduate scholarship). In fact very few get it. However, tuition fee loan
and study loan is almost guaranteed once you get the admission.
Special Programs : Student exchange
Program (SEP) arranges you to go to a foreign university for one or two
semesters during your undergraduate studies. The
Undergraduate Reseach Programme (UROP) gives students a chance to participate
in active research in their respective fields of study, The
NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) program targets NUS undergraduates with the
academic ability and entrepreneurial drive, keen to be immersed as interns
in start-ups located in leading entrepreneurial and academic hubs of the world
Polytechnics in Singapore
You can get a 3 year diploma and with the poly diploma NUS exempts 1st year
studies, and most of the Australian universities exempt 2 years from undergraduate
studies